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Þingvellir National Park
Thingvellir National Park is a national park and the site of the Icelandic Parliament (Althing), an open-air parliament representing the entire Icelandic people, which was established in 930 and lasted until 1798. For two weeks each year, the Parliament made laws (which were seen as contracts between free men) and resolved disputes. The Parliament has a deep historical and symbolic meaning for the Icelandic people. The heritage site includes the remains of Thingvellir National Park and the Parliament itself: fragments of about 50 stalls built of turf and stone. Remains from the 10th century are believed to be buried in the ground. The site also includes remains of agricultural use from the 18th and 19th centuries. The park shows how the land was cultivated for over 1,000 years.
Historic Centre of Rome, the Properties of the Holy See in that City Enjoying Extraterritorial Rights and San Paolo Fuori le Mura
Founded by Romulus and Remus in 753 BC, Rome was the centre of the Roman Republic, then the Roman Empire and, in the 4th century, the capital of Christendom. The World Heritage site was extended in 1990 to include the Walls of Urban VIII, and includes major ancient monuments such as the Forum, the Mausoleum of Augustus, the Mausoleum of Hadrian, the Pantheon, the Columns of Trajan and Marcus Aurelius, as well as religious and public buildings from the papal period.